Re: 2001:A Space Odyssey, SpaceX, A.I.

On Sun, 6/14/2026 6:41 PM, David B. wrote:
> On 14/06/2026 13:00, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 14/06/2026 9:28 pm, Chris wrote:
>>> David B. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On 13/06/2026 17:29, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" - YouTube
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE>
>>>> What happened AFTER that?!!!
>>>
>>> *Surely* you've seen the film?!
>>>
>>> If not, then, very much recommend you spend 2hrs watching it. Iconic.
>>>
>>> You can rent it from Amazon Prime, Sky or Youtube.
>>>
>> I can fondly remember spending AU$75 in about 1982/3 to buy a used/Ex- Rental BETA format Tape of 2001:A Space Odyssey.
>>
>> I think I STILL have the Tape ... although the Player has long since gone. Now I also have a DVD of the Film, though!!
> 
> Thanks for responding, Daniel! :-)
> 
> I've still got my Panasonic Video player. My intention had been to see
> if I could somehow connect it to my Apple iMac!
> 
> Anyone reading here ever done that? (Please respond in ACW).
> 

When you don't use things like your Panasonic Video player,
the transports jam up. The very first tape you put in it,
and punch play, should be a blank tape or a tape you can
afford to lose. It might not be working well enough, to
be spending money on conversion devices. The heat of keeping
them plugged in, that power supply that continues working
(even though the transport is not powered), that seems
to keep the materials dry in there.

To capture video, you might have used kit like this.
But it depends on what software is needed to work the
USB end of this, whether it will work on your particular
Apple machine.

   # Premium Composite RCA Scart RGB S-Video To USB Video Frame Grabber For PC

   https://www.ebay.com/itm/312451193099

My other machine, has a PCI Express TV tuner card, and it has both
analog and digital capture options. I have a VCR, but
the quality of the signal that comes from VCRs, does not
encourage spending time and effort getting that USB thing
working.

It's just easier to plug your Panasonic Video player,
into an old analog colour TV set you kept, and admire the
signal that way. If the picture seems a bit fuzzy, you
haven't spent any money on getting a digital fuzzy picture
on your Apple iMac. The idea is, to view the content one
time, without fussing too much over the process. As the
fussing cannot pay off (the Garbage-In-Garbage-Out problem
of video as a hobby).

   Paul